Re: Erroneous error message?

[Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>]

Hi Sterling,

> I'm new to the ld code, so I could be wrong, but in regards to the patch described here:
>
> http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2008-05/msg00235.html
>
> Which has the relevant lines (indentation omitted):
>
>   (*_bfd_error_handler)
> -    (_("%B: section %A lma 0x%lx overlaps previous sections"),
> +    (_("%B: section %A vma 0x%lx overlaps previous sections"),
>       abfd, sec, (unsigned long) sec->lma);
>    adjust = 0;
>
> The error message the text changed to print the vma, but the lma is
> still printed. Shouldn't the two agree?

Good catch.  Yes it should, and I have checked in a patch to do just that.

Cheers
  Nick

bfd/ChangeLog
2008-07-21  Sterling Augustine  <sterling@tensilica.com>

	* elf.c (assign_file_positions_for_load_sections): Print vma in
	error message about overlapping section vmas.